On the site, ANR makes the following claim: "A recent survey conducted by Harris Decima, a Harris Interactive company, for Mistic e- cigarettes purports to document public support for use of e-cigarettes in in a variety of places, including airplanes, workplaces, sporting events, restaurants and bars, and more. But the survey should be looked at skeptically, inasmuch as, historically, research funded by the tobacco industry tends to yield results favorable to the industry's position. One only needs to refer to the landmark Department of Justice case against the tobacco companies to know their history of disseminating misinformation designed to protect industry profits."

Ironically, while ANR is attacking the electronic cigarettes in general, and Mistic in particular, for spreading "misinformation," the rest of the story is that it is ANR that is spreading the misinformation. Moreover, not only is ANR spreading misinformation, but it is doing so in an intentionally malicious way, while blatantly disregarding the truth.

If "they are not harmless" is the worst that opponents can say about electronic cigarettes in 2014, then there doesn't seem to be much of a controversy over whether these products are much safer alternatives to smoking. Likewise, there doesn't appear to be much of a controversy over whether switching to e-cigarettes is a wise choice for smokers who want to quit but feel unable to do so cold turkey (which is, of course, the best option).

The study involves a survey of 949 adult smokers who were interviewed at baseline in 2011 and followed up one year later. Of these smokers, at baseline, 88 had tried electronic cigarettes in the past month (that is, they had used electronic cigarettes at least once).

Here is what each of the three companies/associations had to say regarding this issue in their submitted comments:

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